Abandon all hope all ye electronics who enter here
Despite the nigh-endless tides of people coming into the store needing the concept of "adult video arcade" explained, I will assume that the people who have paused to read here are familiar with it.
As an aspect of business, it does have some very good points to recommend it. It can generate a surprising amount of money in a relatively short span of time with minimal upkeep. A lot of places will push the "minimal upkeep" to the point of toxic waste dump, but it is essentially a stand alone self-sustaining system. A wank garden if you will.
When I have to pay attention to the arcade, most often it's because some of the free-range produce decided to try their hand at being weeds. Most folks would guess that.
The part most would not suspect is that the arcade is a bottom-less technology pit.
If one pauses to think about it, it makes a great deal of sense. If one is going to have a system where many movies are simultaneously playing at the same time in many different rooms, it's going to require a substantial computer, a plethora of movie players, or some amalgam of both.
Regardless of specific set-up, it means there's a cache of hardware humming away in what equates to a dim closet. Machinery in continuous operation from the moment it's plugged in until it's components burn out. And they do. Channels die, video screens flash like supernovas before going dark for the rest of eternity, fuses melt into slag, loaded movies become hopelessly mangled/corrupted.
It's like some technological work camp. The new ones arrive in lots. They're almost always set to their eternal labors immediately. The worn, burned corpses are discarded without a second thought, hoping enough "new bodies" are in the pipeline to keep up.
Welcome to the world of adult video; we push electronics past the point of destruction for your pleasure.
As an aspect of business, it does have some very good points to recommend it. It can generate a surprising amount of money in a relatively short span of time with minimal upkeep. A lot of places will push the "minimal upkeep" to the point of toxic waste dump, but it is essentially a stand alone self-sustaining system. A wank garden if you will.
When I have to pay attention to the arcade, most often it's because some of the free-range produce decided to try their hand at being weeds. Most folks would guess that.
The part most would not suspect is that the arcade is a bottom-less technology pit.
If one pauses to think about it, it makes a great deal of sense. If one is going to have a system where many movies are simultaneously playing at the same time in many different rooms, it's going to require a substantial computer, a plethora of movie players, or some amalgam of both.
Regardless of specific set-up, it means there's a cache of hardware humming away in what equates to a dim closet. Machinery in continuous operation from the moment it's plugged in until it's components burn out. And they do. Channels die, video screens flash like supernovas before going dark for the rest of eternity, fuses melt into slag, loaded movies become hopelessly mangled/corrupted.
It's like some technological work camp. The new ones arrive in lots. They're almost always set to their eternal labors immediately. The worn, burned corpses are discarded without a second thought, hoping enough "new bodies" are in the pipeline to keep up.
Welcome to the world of adult video; we push electronics past the point of destruction for your pleasure.
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